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FA English Costume of Middle Ages dress 1935 by AlisEvans
English Costume of the later Middle Ages ,14th & 15th Centuries,drawn & described by Iris Brook,grubby dustwrapper,contains original owners decorative bookplate,otherwise a very good copy. From the brilliant "English Costume " series ,with the usual high quality illustrations and text.Lovely...
June 13th 07 11:31 PM
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FA Vintage Manual Making Church Kneelers by AlisEvans
Church Kneelers by Joan Edwards ,VGC 72 pages Really good craft manual on this most ubnusual of needlework projects,with complete plans for the making of ten different styles of Church...
April 27th 07 11:56 PM
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FA History of Cotton Industry textiles by AlisEvans
The Cotton Industry ,by Chris Aspin,VGC 32 pages. A history of the cotton industry in Britain from earliest times.One of the excellent Shire series,filled with the usual mix of splendid pictures and interesting...
April 16th 07 11:40 PM
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Vintage Manual Making Church Kneelers by AlisEvans
Church Kneelers by Joan Edwards ,VGC 72 pages Really good craft manual on this most unusual of needlework projects,with complete plans for the making of ten different styles of Church...
March 26th 07 11:20 PM
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FA Handloom Weaving loom hand vintage by AlisEvans
Handloom Weaving by P Orman VGC 100 pages. Brilliant vintage book on Handloom weaving with lots of useful illustrations. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320093468584&rd=1&rd=1
March 21st 07 12:57 AM
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FA Cotton,vintage history of industry 1918 by AlisEvans
Cotton by George Bigwood 1918 Vol 2 in the Staple Trades & Industries series, good plus condition.204 pages. Great book,stand alone volume ,each of the series covers a different industry ,Coffee,Rubber,Oil etc.Really thorough vintage history of the industry in various Cotton centres at the early...
March 1st 07 01:31 AM
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FA Vintage Lampshade makers book by AlisEvans
The Lampshade Book by M R Griffith G.Bell London.dustwtrapper present but badly chipped,otherwise VGC ,92 pages. First class little manual on the making of period lampshades. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320083247529&rd=1&rd=1
February 25th 07 12:28 AM
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FA Vintage Laundry Work textile preservation antique 1909 by AlisEvans
The Art & Practice of Laundry Work by Margaret Cuthbert Rankin ,undated,but prize label is dated 1909.,VGC , 191 pages. Really exceptional book on the correct laundering of a mutitude of (now) vintage clothing,textiles,laces and other rare fabrics. Priceless for the conservator/collector/ dealer of...
June 4th 07 11:23 PM
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FA Thimble Collecting vintage by [email protected]
Thimbles by Eleanor Johnson good plus condition, 32 pages. One of the Shire series, with the usual mix of text and interesting pictures. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320083247409&rd=1&rd=1
February 21st 07 01:02 AM
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FA Textiles of Wales Welsh Carthen Carthenni by [email protected]
The Textiles of Wales by Ann Sutton VGC 96 pages. Superb book on the history and culture surrounding the textile industry in Wales.Extremely hard to find. Do feel free to email us if you have any questions. Please take a look at our other auctions for more interesting and unusual items of...
February 21st 07 01:01 AM
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Alpaca Roving For Sale by Alpacas1
Hi I have beautiful alpaca fiber for sale. It has been washed, picked and carded into roving that will spin up quickly. Would also be great for wet or needle felting. Price is $2/oz. I have many natural colors available and some dyed. E-mail for more information. Thank you.
January 20th 06 09:24 PM
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FA Blackwork black work embroidery English costume by Alys
Blackwork by Mary Gostelow,good plus condition, 160 pages. Said by many to be THE book on blackwork embroidery ,covers all aspects,history of /Costume blackwork designing blackwork etc. A really good thorough book on the...
December 1st 07 01:32 AM
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Traditional Upholstery manual upholsterers book by Alys
The Complete Upholsterer A Practical Guide to Upholstering Traditional Furniture by Carole Thomerson ,virtually new condition,large format , 192 pages. This is a really good book on the subject, and I speak as someone with upholstery/soft furnishing experience.Starts with a section history and...
December 6th 07 12:32 AM
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FA Traditional Upholstery manual upholsterers book by Alys
The Complete Upholsterer A Practical Guide to Upholstering Traditional Furniture by Carole Thomerson ,virtually new condition,large format , 192 pages. This is a really good book on the subject, and I speak as someone with upholstery/soft furnishing experience.Starts with a section history and...
May 19th 08 11:42 PM
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FA Spinning Wheels history spinning spinners by Alys
Spinning Wheels ,Spinners & Spinning by \Patricia Baines ,large format hardback,VGC, 252 pages. THE book on the spinning wheel,it's history in it's various forms, the culture of the spinner etc.Superb...
May 19th 08 11:53 PM
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FA Vintage Guide to Gentlemans dress English formal wear by Alys
Clothes & the Man ,A Guide to Correct Dress For All Occasions by Sydney D Barney ,scribble on dustwrapper,and small one to blank endpaper,otherwise a very nice copy 124 pages. A guide to formal dress for the well turned out English gentleman! Really comprehensive,covers everything,Royal...
May 25th 08 10:40 PM
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FA Planning of Ornament Arts & Crafts Lewis F Day 1890 by Alys
The Planning of Ornament by Lewis F Day,1890, for some reason my scanner shows the cover as being blotchy and faded,but it actually a nice fairly uniform blue.Please ignore! Contains University of London bookplate,otherwise a good sound copy. Lewis F Day was a leading light in the Arts & Crafts...
October 15th 08 11:45 PM
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FA Textile machines Machinery vintage by Alys
Textile Machines by Anna P Benson ,VGC,32 pages. A potted history of the textile machine. One of the excellent Shire series of collector books ,with the usual mix of well written text and quality...
November 5th 08 01:40 AM
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FA Vintage Netting net making manual fishing rabbitting by Alys
A Text Book of Netting by B. St. G. Collerd ,VGC, 56 pages. Scarce little manual on the traditional methods of making nets,many fishing,rabbiting,fish landing nets ,etc. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220312391619&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
November 21st 08 01:34 AM
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FA Clothes & Formal Dress menswear traditional tailoring by Alys
Clothes & The Man ,A Guide to Correct Dress For All Occasions by Sydney D Barney National Federation of Merchant Tailors, 124 pages. Splendid old reference book,covering the correct traditional wear for all social occasions,events,Big game hunting etc,as well as allied subjects such as choosing...
January 5th 09 11:28 PM
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